eReader.com Intros Android App

Need an e-book reader for you shiny new Motorola Droid? eReader.com today announced the introduction of a reader for Google's Android platform. It's not the first e-book reader available for the OS--I've got an app called WordPlayer installed in my phone, and it's got a small but diverse selection of public domain titles.

Need an e-book reader for you shiny new Motorola Droid? eReader.com today announced the introduction of a reader for Google's Android platform. It's not the first e-book reader available for the OS--I've got an app called WordPlayer installed in my phone, and it's got a small but diverse selection of public domain titles.

eReader does, however, have a large selection of for-sale books built-in. You can download the app via the Android Market, or by pointing your browser to www.ereader.com/android.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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